Relationship between hydraulic properties and plant coverage of the closed-landfill soils in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy)

Chiara Cassinari*, Paolo Manfredi, Luca Giupponi, Marco Trevisan, Chiara Piccini

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Abstract

In this paper the results of a study of soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage of a landfill located in Piacenza (Po Valley, Italy) are presented, together with the attempt to put the hydraulic properties in relation with plant coverage. The measured soil water retention curve was first compared with the output of pedotransfer functions taken from the literature and then with the output of the same pedotransfer functions applied to a reference soil. The landfill plant coverage was also studied. The relation between soil hydraulic properties and plant coverage showed that the landfill soils have a low water content available for plants. The soils low water content together with the lack of depth and compacted structure, justifies the presence of a nitrophilous, disturbed-soil vegetation type, dominated by ephemeral annual species (therophytes).
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)929-943
Numero di pagine15
RivistaSolid Earth
Numero di pubblicazione6 (3)
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015
Pubblicato esternamente

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Scienza del Suolo
  • Geofisica
  • Geologia
  • Geochimica e Petrologia
  • Modellamento della Superficie Terrestre
  • Stratigrafia
  • Paleontologia

Keywords

  • PTFs
  • Plant coverage
  • Soil
  • Soil hydraulic properties

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